Tasseomancy or teacup reading is one of the oldest occult sciences. It has been present right since the time tea has been discovered (Approximately 5000 years old). Historians believe that this form of creative and intuitive reading was widely practiced in China. The media includes a light-colored tea, consumed in a wide-mouthed, white cup along with a saucer, to acquire an accurate reading. Readers looked for patterns of good and bad omens using the tea dredges off an empty cup to determine happenings in their future.